Where does “stipeless” come from?
stipeless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
stipeless (English): Of or pertaining to mushrooms or other types of fungus that have no stipe or stem
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to mushrooms or other types of fungus that have no stipe or stem
Ancestry of “stipeless”, step by step
stipeless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |
via English stipe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | stipe | The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc; The trunk of a... |
| 2 | French | stipe | stipe stem |
| 3 | Latin | stīpes | post, tree trunk |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | steypós | — |